Contrary to regrettable practices
in some Islamic societies where anti-Islamic culture traditions have won
over Islamic teachings and where women are subdued (and men even more so)

This information has been written
with the objective of briefing you on the true Islamic teachings regarding
women laid down by the Quran and prophet Mohammad over 14 centuries ago.

Islam declared women and men equal.

Islam condemned pre-Islamic practices
degrading and oppressing women.

The same injunctions and prohibitions
of Islam equally apply to both sexes.

Islam gave woman the right of inheritance
and the right of individual independent ownership unhampered by father,
husband, brother, son or anyone else.

Islam gave women the right to accept
or reject a marriage proposal free from pressure, and by mutual agreement
to specify in the marriage contract that she has the right to divorce (if
she misses that option she has the right to seek court divorce if she deems
the marriage to have failed beyond repair).

Islam does not require woman to change
her name at marriage.

Islam protects the family and condemns
the betrayal of marital fidelity. It recognizes only one type of family:
husband and wife united by authentic marriage contract.

"Heaven is at the feet of mothers",
is a basic Islamic teaching.

"The best of you are the kindest
to their wives and I am your best to mine", is a teaching by prophet
Mohammad.

Islam enjoins sounds morality in
thinking, behavior and appearance. Dress fashions and social patterns that
reduce woman to a sex object and exploit her as such are not acceptable
to Islam.

The observance of chastity and moral
standards is equally demanded by Islam from both men and women. "Women
are the siblings of men", is a saying of prophet Mohammad.

Published by Islamic
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